Common name : Bactrian camel, Wild Bactrian camel
Scientific name : Camelus bactrianus
Family : Camelidae
Native to : North-West China, Gobi Desert (Mongolia)
Interesting fact : They go without water for months and consume more than fifty litres at a time.
Conservation status : Critically Endangered
The Bactrian camel is wonderfully suited beast of burden in inhospitable high altitudes! When fed and watered, the humps are erect, but otherwise they shrink and fall to the side. Gestation is about thirteen months, and the young are born in March and April. There are less than a thousand remain of the wild species of the camel.
